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1648550

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date	28/06/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Sanitary Products: VAT Exemptions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of applying a VAT exemption to (a) period pants and (b) bed mats.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	191639
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2023 answer text <p>A zero rate of VAT has applied to women’s Period Products, including some reusable products, since 1 January 2021 and applies to those products which were previously subject to the reduced rate of 5 per cent.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has no plans to change the VAT treatment of wearable sanitary products or bed mats at present, but keeps all taxes under review</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 05/07/2023 09:21:43 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1610027

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Small Businesses: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing statutory provisions to enable small businesses to pay their taxes in flexible instalments.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	180160
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>Small businesses are already able to pay their taxes in flexible instalments. There is flexibility in Value Added Tax (VAT), Pay as You Earn (PAYE) Income Tax, and Income Tax Self-Assessment (ITSA).</p><p> </p><p>The VAT Annual Accounting Scheme, open to all businesses with taxable supplies of less than £1.35 million (excluding VAT), allows small businesses to make payments on a monthly or quarterly basis.</p><p> </p><p>Small businesses with PAYE liabilities lower than £1,500 per month can choose whether to make quarterly payments or make monthly payments, usually in line with their real-time information returns.</p><p> </p><p>Small businesses with ITSA liabilities can make monthly or weekly payments toward their next ITSA bill through the Budget Payment Plan.</p><p> </p><p>More details are available at the following links:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/vat-annual-accounting-scheme" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/vat-annual-accounting-scheme</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/paye-for-employers" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/paye-for-employers</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/pay-self-assessment-tax-bill/pay-weekly-monthly" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/pay-self-assessment-tax-bill/pay-weekly-monthly</a></p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 24/04/2023 16:06:48 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1586770

registered interest
date	17/02/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Apprentices: National Insurance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of the cost of not requiring employers to pay national insurance contributions for apprentices under the age of 25 in England since the introduction of that relief.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	147442
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2023 answer text <p>The National Insurance Contribution (NICs) for apprentices under the age of 25 was introduced in financial year 2016 to 2017. Annual estimated costs for this relief are published by HM Revenue and Customs in their Non-Structural Tax Relief Statistics publication which can be found online at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/main-tax-expenditures-and-structural-reliefs.</p><p> </p><p>This information is for the UK, and HMRC does not provide a break-down of these costs for England.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 23/02/2023 15:08:07 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1580633

registered interest
date	25/01/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Child Benefit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of parents with 16-19 year olds in full-time further education at school and college were in receipt of child benefit in (a) England and (b) the UK in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	132425
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2023 answer text This information is only available at disproportionate cost as the available Child Benefit data does not distinguish between young persons who are 16 and not in further education and those who are. Information on the educational setting (school or college) attended by young people aged 16 or over is not held.<p> </p>Child Benefit statistics are published using August data from each year, detailing the number of children receiving Child Benefit payments by age and region. Figures from 2019-2021 for children aged 16-19 are summarised in the table below:<p> </p><p><strong>Number of children in (i) the UK and (ii) England receiving Child Benefit payments as of August of each year</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2019</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2020</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2021</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Age</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>UK</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>England</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>UK</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>England</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>UK</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>England</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>16<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>643,915</p></td><td><p>542,490</p></td><td><p>656,640</p></td><td><p>554,150</p></td><td><p>660,420</p></td><td><p>557,185</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>500,560</p></td><td><p>423,980</p></td><td><p>517,110</p></td><td><p>439,520</p></td><td><p>528,280</p></td><td><p>450,065</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>418,565</p></td><td><p>361,175</p></td><td><p>422,505</p></td><td><p>366,560</p></td><td><p>440,745</p></td><td><p>383,845</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>95,830</p></td><td><p>80,305</p></td><td><p>90,610</p></td><td><p>75,490</p></td><td><p>84,015</p></td><td><p>70,080</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Note 1: not all 16 year olds will remain in further education from the following September</p><p> </p><p>The Child Benefit annual statistics are published on GOV.UK at:</p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/child-benefit-geographical-statistics" target="_blank"><em>https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/child-benefit-geographical-statistics</em></a> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 132426 question first answered 02/02/2023 14:21:11 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1580634

registered interest
date	25/01/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Child Benefit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much money from the public purse was spent on child benefit payments to parents of 16-19 year olds in full-time further education at (a) school and (b) college in (i) the UK and (ii) England.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	132426
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2023 answer text This information is only available at disproportionate cost as the available Child Benefit data does not distinguish between young persons who are 16 and not in further education and those who are. Information on the educational setting (school or college) attended by young people aged 16 or over is not held.<p> </p>Child Benefit statistics are published using August data from each year, detailing the number of children receiving Child Benefit payments by age and region. Figures from 2019-2021 for children aged 16-19 are summarised in the table below:<p> </p><p><strong>Number of children in (i) the UK and (ii) England receiving Child Benefit payments as of August of each year</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2019</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2020</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2021</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Age</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>UK</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>England</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>UK</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>England</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>UK</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>England</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>16<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>643,915</p></td><td><p>542,490</p></td><td><p>656,640</p></td><td><p>554,150</p></td><td><p>660,420</p></td><td><p>557,185</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>500,560</p></td><td><p>423,980</p></td><td><p>517,110</p></td><td><p>439,520</p></td><td><p>528,280</p></td><td><p>450,065</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>418,565</p></td><td><p>361,175</p></td><td><p>422,505</p></td><td><p>366,560</p></td><td><p>440,745</p></td><td><p>383,845</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>95,830</p></td><td><p>80,305</p></td><td><p>90,610</p></td><td><p>75,490</p></td><td><p>84,015</p></td><td><p>70,080</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Note 1: not all 16 year olds will remain in further education from the following September</p><p> </p><p>The Child Benefit annual statistics are published on GOV.UK at:</p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/child-benefit-geographical-statistics" target="_blank"><em>https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/child-benefit-geographical-statistics</em></a> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 132425 question first answered 02/02/2023 14:21:11 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy